The
pragmatics of defining religion
contexts, concepts, and contests
Molendijk, Arie L.
Platvoet, Jan G.
text
xx
Leiden ; Boston
E. J. Brill
1999
9999
monographic
und
eng
xvii, 543 p. ; 25 cm.
pt. 1. Introduction. In defence of pragmatism / Arie L. Molendijk -- pt. 2. Modern Contexts. The politics of defining religion in secular society: From a taken-for-granted institution to a contested resource / James A. Beckford. Religion as claim: Social and legal controversies / Massimo Introvigne. Religion as memory: Reference to tradition and the constitution of a heritage of belief in modern societies / Daniele Hervieu-Leger. Paradoxes: An essay on the object of the Psychology of Religion / Jacob A. Belzen -- pt. 3. Conceptual Changes. 'Religio' and 'religion' in the 18th century: The contrasting views of Wolff and Edelmann / Ernst Feil. Shifting cargoes: Ernst Troeltsch on the study of religion / Arie L. Molendijk.
edited by Jan G. Platvoet and Arie L. Molendijk
Religion Philosophy.Religion
BL51 .P72 1999
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